Biography & autobiography

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A Dangerous Woman A Dangerous Woman Susan Ronald
Spies in the Family Spies in the Family Eva Dillon
The Last American Aristocrat The Last American Aristocrat David S. Brown
Black Spartacus Black Spartacus Sudhir Hazareesingh
Spectacle Spectacle Pamela Newkirk
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Donald Robertson
The Women Who Flew for Hitler The Women Who Flew for Hitler Clare Mulley
The House of Yan The House of Yan Lan Yan
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I've Got a Home in Glory Land I've Got a Home in Glory Land Karolyn Smardz Frost
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass David W. Blight
Bolivar: American Liberator Bolivar: American Liberator Marie Arana
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare James Shapiro
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The House of Yan The House of Yan Lan Yan
The Nine The Nine Gwen Strauss
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin A.N. Wilson
The Barbizon The Barbizon Paulina Bren
The Race to Save the Romanovs The Race to Save the Romanovs Helen Rappaport
Cleopatra Cleopatra Alberto Angela
Lara Lara Anna Pasternak
The Duchess Countess The Duchess Countess Catherine Ostler
Kick Kick Paula Byrne
The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 Frank McDonough
The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters Karl Rove
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Donald Robertson
The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign Thomas Oliphant
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare James Shapiro
Rough Riders Rough Riders Mark Lee Gardner
Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary Robert Stedall
An American Marriage An American Marriage Michael Burlingame
Spies in the Family Spies in the Family Eva Dillon
Spectacle Spectacle Pamela Newkirk
Charles I: A Life of Religion, War and Treason Charles I: A Life of Religion, War and Treason Christopher Hibbert
New releases
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Growing up Catholic in the Twentieth Century Growing up Catholic in the Twentieth Century S. P. Perone
Bertha’s Word Bertha’s Word Danny Rittman
The Mountbattens The Mountbattens Andrew Lownie
American Men of Mind American Men of Mind Burton E. Stevenson
David Hume David Hume Robert Case
Stories Untold Stories Untold Laura Mays
The Amazing Story of Lise Meitner The Amazing Story of Lise Meitner Andrew Norman
Almost Hemingway Almost Hemingway Rex Bowman
The Undying Flame The Undying Flame Nigel McCrery
From David Walker to Jesse Jackson From David Walker to Jesse Jackson W.D. Palmer
Doctors From Hell Doctors From Hell Vivien Spitz
Hero of Two Worlds Hero of Two Worlds Mike Duncan
Liberated Freed from the Flagpole Liberated Freed from the Flagpole Robert Carley
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Grammarians, Rhetoricians, and Poets Grammarians, Rhetoricians, and Poets Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
The Making of a Civilian Soldier in the Civil War The Making of a Civilian Soldier in the Civil War Dennis D. Urban
Coded Letters, Concealed Love Coded Letters, Concealed Love Sara Day
A Stitch in Time A Stitch in Time Michael B. Gellis Md
Galba, Otho, and Vitellius Galba, Otho, and Vitellius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
The Search for the Underground Railroad in South-Central Ohio The Search for the Underground Railroad in South-Central Ohio Tom Calarco